Rail-joint



C. F. MILLER'.l

`RAIL JOINT.1 APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6, I9I8.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

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CHARLES F. MILLER, F PAYETTE, IDAHO.

RAIL-J' 01N T.

Application filed December 6, 1918. Serial No. 265,552.

To all whom, t may concern.' Y

f Be it known that I, CHARLns F. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residingv at Payette, in the county of Canyon and State of Idaho, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

I This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway* joints and the principal object of the invention is to provide improved splicing bars for holding the ends of the rails together.

Another object of the invention is to provide a devicev of this character which is simple and durable in construction, reliable and eiiicient in operation and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a minimum cost.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my complete invention.

Fig. 2 show the ends of two rails with the splicing bars removed.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of one of the rails.

Fig. 4 is a cross section through Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through said Fi l.

ign these views l indicates one rail and 2 the abutting rail. As shown the base flanges 3 of these rails are cut away at their ends so as to produce a portion 4 at the eXtreme end of each rail which has its edges parallel with the web 5 of the rail. rlhis portion 4 is connected with the uncut portion of the base by the part 6 which has its edge inclined. It will thus be seen that the base part of each rail is of substantially wedge shape with the face of the wedge ending in a rectangular part which is of substantially the same width as the tread portion 7 of the rail.

The rails are held together by a pair of splicing plates 8 which are each composed of the vertical flange 9 which is adapted to engage the webs of the rail. To this gether.

flange is connected asubstantially V shape portion 10 which engages the base iange 8 of the rail. It will be seen that this V shape portion receives the base flange and its lower part extends tol the center of the base so that when the bars are in position the entire base is inclosed by said V shape portions. The bars are secured in place by bolts passing through the openings 11 in the flanges 9 and the of the rails. Other bolts pass through openings 18 in the V shape portions of the bars to hold these portions of the two bars to- These bolts pass under the rails. Midway the ends of the bars the space formed by the V shape portion of each bar is reduced to form a rectangular recess 14 to receive the portion 4t of the rails and the V shape recesses l5 to receive the portions 6 of the rails. is provided with a straight central part 16 and upwardly inclined end parts 17 so that the central parts of said bars are of great thicknessso that the meeting ends of the rails are inclosed by the thickest part of the bars. This central part is provided with openings 12 in the webs The bottom face of each bar a pair of ears 18 forming a recess to receive a spike. The rail upon a tie which is other ties. v

It is thought from the tion that the advantages of my invention will be joint is adapted to rest ofless height than the foregoing descripand novel features readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I mayV make changes in the construction and in the j combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the kappended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A rail joint comprising a pair of rails each having` its base flange reduced in width at the ends to produce an end portion with parallel edges and an adjacent portion with flaring edges, a pair of splicing bars engaging said rails, each bar having an upper flange engaging the webs of the rail and a lower portion engaging the base flanges, said lower portion having a recess therein formed with a straight center wall and outwardly Haring end walls to receive the parallel and flaring edges of the base flanges and bolts passing through the upper flanges and webs of the rails and bolts passing through the lower portions and under the rails.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

CHARLES F. MILLER. 

